Credits

Heligoland ‘Corazón’
from the album “All Your Ships Are White”
Commission 45 (C451001)

Film by Salomé Jouan

Cast
Abigail Chalot
Julien Coulon

Our label Commission 45 has released a new four song sampler to coincide with the beginning of spring. Included is “Swallows Return” from the ‘Bethmale‘ EP and “La Volière”, a previously unreleased song that we recorded during the sessions for our third album ‘All Your Ships Are White‘. Also included is “White Walk” by Sealight from their superb debut EP ‘Dead Letters‘ and ‘Cevenna’, a track from a forthcoming release by Emin Pasha.

The sampler is available as a free download from the Commission 45 bandcamp page.

We’re really happy to announce that our new five track EP ‘Bethmale’ is now available on CD and from digital platforms worldwide.

iTunes
Amazon
eMusic
Juno

The physical CD (digipack) is available from our Bandcamp page and is priced at 5 € + postage worldwide. A 17 page PDF with 24 photos from the recording sessions and lyrics to all five songs is included as a free download with every purchase.

‘Bethmale’ is available for listening/streaming from our SoundCloud page.

Press & Reviews

dans le mur… du son! (FR)

Ground Control To Major Tom (FR)

Caleidoscoop (NL)

Krinein (FR)

Half-Gifts (US)

“Swallows Return” from the ‘Bethmale’ EP is now online at our Soundcloud page.

‘Bethmale’ EP

Heligoland will be releasing a new EP entitled ‘Bethmale’ in the coming weeks. Written and recorded over a week spent in a remote village hidden away amongst the foothills of the Pyrénées in south-west France, ‘Bethmale’ comprises five new songs by Karen, Dave and Steve. Working for a week in blissful isolation meant that we had plenty of time to experiment with field recordings, different instrumentation and approaches. In some ways it’s maybe the most minimal and atmospheric record we’ve ever made. Our special thanks to Robin Guthrie for a beautiful job mixing the EP.

More news on ‘Bethmale’ and a preview of the EP coming next week.

‘Sainte Anne’ EP

Mixing is now underway for the follow-up to ‘Bethmale’, an EP entitled ‘Sainte Anne’. After we had so much fun recording in the Pyrénées we thought we’d repeat the experiment and approach, but in a different part of the country. Earlier this year we travelled to the sleepy village of Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne in Franche-Comté for a week of writing and recording. This is the first time we’d worked on new material with drummer/percussionist Antti Mäkinen and together the four of us came up with a batch of songs with a really different feeling and atmosphere to ‘Bethmale’ and our previous releases. We’re still mixing the EP so it will be a little while yet before we can confirm the release date for ‘Sainte Anne’.

Sealight – ‘Dead Letters’ EP

Heligoland’s guitarist Dave recently launched a new band, Sealight, with a debut release in the form of a beautiful EP ‘Dead Letters’. Sealight is a trio based in Paris, and comprises Dave, vocalist/guitarist Sandra Rossini and drummer Marc-Aurèle Ngo Xuan. Following on from the EP release they’ve been playing shows in Paris and around France in recent weeks. Keep an eye out for more upcoming concerts and have a listen to their music below. The EP is available for sale directly from the band at Sealight’s Bandcamp page.

Robin Guthrie USA/Canada Tour

Heligoland’s rhythm section, Antti and Steve, were on the road with good friend and Heligoland’s producer Robin Guthrie for a tour of the USA and Canada tour in June. The tour was a double-headline bill with Brendan Perry and encompassed dates across the US and Canada from Washington DC to San Diego. Along the way Robin, Antti and Steve performed a four song live session for radio station KEXP in Seattle which is now online at Youtube.

Karen – Collaborations and solo recordings

In amidst all of the above activity, Karen has also been busy working on a number of collaborations and some solo recordings. More news soon about upcoming releases.

Emin Pasha

Emin Pasha is a new project from the duo of Dave and Steve. Stepping outside of Heligoland and their other bands and projects, Emin Pasha is an entirely instrumental outing. The first recording to be released is a debut four track EP. The EP will be released early in the new year on the Commission 45 label in a limited edition with bespoke packaging.

Credits

Heligoland ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’
from the album “All Your Ships Are White”
Commission 45 (C451001)

Film by Teemu Keskinen

Cast
Maria Kostamovaara

Credits

Heligoland ‘Nearness’
from the album “All Your Ships Are White”
Commission 45 (C451001)

Film by Alice Baldo

Cast
Gabriela Poznanski
Anastasia Ivanova
Maria Franciszka Dickenson

Director Photography
Julien Mata

Writers
Joseph Fawcett & Aran Hughes
for Panopticum / Marta Poznanski

Clothes
Panopticum

French Kiss Production Website
French Kiss Production at Vimeo

Album Reviews

Updated 25/10/11

dans le mur… du son! (FR)

Ground Control To Major Tom (FR)

MuzzArt (FR)

ZICAZINE (FR)

Caleidoscoop (NL)

G taškas (LT)

Stars Are Underground (FR)

Indie Rock Mag (FR)

Rock My Days (FR)

Krinein (FR)

les chroniques de charlu (FR)

M-La-Music.net (FR)

Musiczine (FR)

Froggy’s Delight (FR)

POPnews ‘Album de la semaine’/'Album of the week’ for 26/1/11 (FR)

370 / Vilniaus Diena (LT)

Leonard’s Lair (UK)

With Music In My Mind (BE)

La Magic Box (FR)

Liability Webzine (FR)

W-Fenec (FR)

xsilence.net (FR)

Les Autres Mondes (FR)

A decouvrir absolument (FR)

Live Reviews + Photos

l’International, Paris 20.10.10 – Review by Konzerttagebuch / Oliver Peel (DE)

l’International, Paris 20.10.10 – Photos by le cargo! / Micky

Radio

Heligoland à découvrir la cette semaine (discovery of the week) sur Méga Fm (la radio du Loiret et du Loir et Cher). Avec une petite Itw de Dave et la diff des titres “Nearness” et “The Light Inside”, extraits de leur dernier opus “All Your Ships Are White”.

Videos

“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” live at Emporium Galorium in Rouen.

Video by busymimi.

Heligoland’s new album ‘All Your Ships Are White’ is now available.

The digital version of ‘All Your Ships Are White’ can be found at iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, Bookmat and all the major online digital platforms. Follow the links below to purchase and preview the record.

The CD release of ‘All Your Ships Are White’ is packaged in a four-panel digipack and is available from Heligoland’s bandcamp page. The CD is priced at €12 (approx. US$16, AU$17, GBP£10) + postage. Worldwide shipping is available with payments via credit card, Paypal etc. Follow the link below to listen to the album, see photos of the digipack and buy the CD online.

BUY PHYSICAL CD: Bandcamp €12 + postage

BUY DIGITAL: iTunes eMusic Amazon Boomkat Juno

LISTEN: MySpace Facebook Soundcloud

Read the first review of the new album at the French webzine dans le mur… du son!

The next Heligoland release will be the ‘Bethmale’ EP that we recorded over summer in the south of France. Since the previous blog about the recording sessions in Engomer the EP has been mixed by Robin Guthrie at his studio near Rennes and the artwork is currently being prepared. The EP comprises five tracks and we couldn’t be happier with the finished mixes! More news and a release date coming soon…

All photos by Andrew Bulhak.

Shortly after Heligoland’s performance Antti and Steve were back onstage playing as the rhythm section for Robin’s set.

Photos by Karen.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the concert and to Club AC30 for organising the show. We hope to return to the UK again soon!